[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3462 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3462

To improve the tools available to prosecute certain violent crimes, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 2007

 Mr. Lampson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To improve the tools available to prosecute certain violent crimes, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prosecutorial Tools Improvement Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. MURDER AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED DURING AND IN 
              RELATION TO A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.

    (a) In General.--Part D of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
841 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 424. MURDER AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED DURING AND IN 
              RELATION TO A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.

    ``(a) In General.--Whoever, during and in relation to any drug 
trafficking crime, knowingly commits any crime of violence against any 
individual that is an offense under Federal law punishable by 
imprisonment for more than 1 year or a felony offense under State law 
that is punishable by a term of imprisonment of 5 years or more, or 
threatens, attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished by a fine 
under title 18, United States Code, and--
            ``(1) for murder, kidnapping, conduct that would violate 
        section 2241 if the conduct occurred in the special maritime 
        and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or maiming, 
        by imprisonment for any term of years or for life;
            ``(2) for a serious violent felony (as defined in section 
        3559 of title 18, United States Code) other than a felony 
        described in paragraph (1), by imprisonment for not more than 
        30 years;
            ``(3) for a crime of violence that is not a serious violent 
        felony, by imprisonment for not more than 20 years;
            ``(4) for conspiring to commit a crime of violence, by 
        imprisonment for not more than 10 years; and
            ``(5) for threatening to commit a crime of violence, by 
        imprisonment for not more than 8 years.
    ``(b) Venue.--A prosecution for a violation of this section may be 
brought in--
            ``(1) the judicial district in which the murder or other 
        crime of violence occurred; or
            ``(2) any judicial district in which the drug trafficking 
        crime may be prosecuted.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `crime of violence' means an offense that 
        has as an element the use of physical force against the person 
        of another; and
            ``(2) the term `drug trafficking crime' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 924(c)(2) of title 18, United States 
        Code.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (Public Law 
91-513; 84 Stat. 1236) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 423, the following:

``Sec. 424. Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in 
                            relation to a drug trafficking crime.''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION AGAINST RELEASE OF PERSONS 
              CHARGED WITH FIREARMS OFFENSES.

    Section 3142(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the 
matter following paragraph (3), by inserting after ``that the person 
committed'' the following: ``an offense under subsection (g)(1) (where 
the underlying conviction is a drug trafficking crime or crime of 
violence (as those terms are defined in section 924(c))), (g)(2), 
(g)(3), (g)(4), (g)(5), (g)(8), (g)(9), (g)(10), or (g)(11) of section 
922,''.

SEC. 4. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR VIOLENT CRIMES AND TERRORISM 
              OFFENSES.

    (a) Statute of Limitations for Violent Crimes.--Chapter 213 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``Sec. 3299A. Violent crime offenses
    ``No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any 
noncapital felony crime of violence, including any racketeering 
activity or gang crime which involves any crime of violence, unless the 
indictment is found or the information is instituted not later than 8 
years after the date on which the alleged violation occurred or the 
continuing offense was completed.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``3299A. Violent crime offenses.''.
    (c) Statute of Limitations for Terrorism Offenses.--Section 3286(a) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Eight-Year'' 
        and inserting ``Ten-Year''; and
            (2) in the first sentence, by striking ``8 years'' and 
        inserting ``10 years''.
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